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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies about the budget during a Financial Services and General Government subcommittee hearing Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. – AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Mnuchin: Courts will settle Trump taxes fight

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that it’s up to the courts to referee his dispute with House Democrats demanding access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
By Andrew Taylor
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Public safety, civil rights groups battle over facial ID technology

San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that’s creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras.
By Matt O’Brien and Janie Har
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$4M verdict revived by 3rd District

The 3rd District Appellate Court reinstated a $4.1 million jury award which was overridden by a judge after a 2017 fatal police pursuit trial.
By Jordyn Reiland

Trial Notebook

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Murky ‘OK’ gives birth to contract

One of R&H Muffler’s employees was reportedly injured at work a month after the company’s insurance producer allegedly told R&H he succeeded in obtaining workers’ compensation coverage for the firm from Travelers Insurance Co. based on an email exchange with a Travelers underwriter. But Travelers insisted that the policy proposal generated when Friedenberg logged into a Traveler’s computer portal was never accepted.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner R. Scott Falk takes part in a Chicago Humanities Festival reception in 2017. Falk died May 17. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
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Kirkland merger expert, Red Cross leader dies
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (right) takes her oath from U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox (left) as her spouse Amy Eshleman (second left) and her daughter Vivian look during her inauguration ceremony Monday. Cox and Lightfoot worked together as assistant U.S. attorneys earlier in their careers and remain close friends.
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The Lightfoot administration begins
Demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during an October protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. Studies have shown error rates in facial-analysis systems built by Amazon, IBM and Microsoft were far higher for darker-skinned women than lighter-skinned men.
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Public safety, civil rights groups battle over facial ID technology
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies about the budget during a Financial Services and General Government subcommittee hearing Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill.
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Mnuchin: Courts will settle Trump taxes fight
The Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association hosted former U.S. solicitor general Neal Katyal at a luncheon Monday at the Union League Club. Katyal, who also worked in the Obama administration’s Justice Department, expressed concern over actions taken by the Trump administration, but also expressed confidence in the American system of government.
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Katyal: Trump weakens rule of law